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Batelco's latest innovative service, video conferencing, was launched under the patronage of Commerce Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Domestic Trade Hameed Yousif Rahma at the company's Bahrain Commercial Complex (BCC) in Manama.
Investcorp, the leading global provider and manager of alternative investment products, held its private equity investor's conference at The Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa.
World oil prices hit yet another high last week with US crude oil surging to $114.95 a barrel after government data showed an unexpected fall in crude supplies.
Bahrain-based BankMuscat International (BMI) announced the launch of Sapphire, a designer premier banking service for affluent individuals that recognises their need for exclusive products as well as dedicated relationship management.
Recently in the Philippines, officials raided warehouses in Manila looking for unscrupulous traders hoarding rice, while in South Korea, panicked housewives stripped grocery-store shelves of food when the cost of ramen, an instant noodle made from wheat, suddenly rose.
The Labour Fund - Career Progression Programme (CPP) managed by BDO Jawad Habib Consulting has recently signed a number of agreements with several Bahraini companies in an effort to train more than 500 Bahrainis in the first batch.
Edwin Ball, the former chief operating officer for Gulf Finance House, explains to GulfWeekly readers what caused the credit crunch and how its implications are touching our lives in Bahrain. Canadian Mr Ball, 41, who lives with his family in Saar, has held senior executive management investment banking roles in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
